Diogo Salomão

Diogo Salomão

Personal information
Full name	Diogo Ferreira Salomão
Date of birth	14 September 1988 (1988-09-14) (age 23)
Place of birth	Amadora, Portugal
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Deportivo La Coruña (on loan from Sporting)
Number	22
Youth career
2000–2001	Estrela Amadora
2001–2004	Damaiense
2004–2005	Estrela Amadora
2005–2007	Casa Pia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–2009	Casa Pia	14	(6)
2009–2010	Real Massamá	26	(4)
2010–	Sporting CP	12	(2)
2011–2012	→ Deportivo La Coruña (loan)	7	(1)
National team‡
2010	Portugal U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 September 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2011

Diogo Ferreira Salomão (born 14 September 1988 in Amadora, Lisbon) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña on loan from Sporting Clube de Portugal, as a left winger.

Club career

Salomão played for four teams as a youth, including two spells at local C.F. Estrela da Amadora. In 2007, he made his senior debuts, helping another team from the Lisbon District, Casa Pia AC, promote from the regional leagues to the fourth division in his first season.

In 2009–10, Salomão started in all but one of the league games he appeared in for Real Sport Clube, helping the club to the 12th position in the third level. He subsequently moved straight into the top division as he signed a four-year contract with Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Salomão made his debut in the Portuguese first division on 26 September 2010, playing 45 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against C.D. Nacional. He finished his first season with the Lions with 23 official appearances (four goals, including two in the UEFA Europa League group stage, against PFC Levski Sofia (5–0 home win) and K.A.A. Gent (5–1, also at home)) and, although not a regular starter for the club, showed glimpses of his talent, being compared by many to Portuguese international Nani.^[1]

On 28 June 2011, deemed surplus to requirements by new Sporting boss Domingos Paciência - as practically all Portuguese players - Salomão was loaned to Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, in a season-long move.^[2]

Club statistics

Correct as of 9 October 2011

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Casa Pia	2008–09	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	6
Totals		14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	6
Massamá	2009–10	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	4
Totals		26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	4
Sporting	2010–11	12	2	2	0	3	0	6	2	23	4
Totals		12	2	2	0	3	0	6	2	21	4
Deportivo	2011–12	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	2
Totals		7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	2
Career totals		59	13	3	1	3	0	6	2	71	16

References

1. ^ La banda, propiedad de Salomão (The wing, Salomão's property); El País, 27 November 2011 (Spanish)
2. ^ Deportivo: llega cedido Salomao (Deportivo: Salomao arrives on loan); esFutbol, 28 June 2011 (Spanish)

External links

• Deportivo official profile (Spanish)
• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo
• Transfermarkt profile

Persondata
Name	Salomao, Diogo
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	14 September 1988
Place of birth	Amadora, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death